Eva Alcón Soler

Eva Alcón Soler (born 21 January 1963 Castelló de la Plana) is a Spanish academic, and politician. She is rector of Jaume I University.

Eva Alcón Soler in 2018

She is one of the first female university rectors in the country, and since 2023, the president of the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities.

Biography

She is a professor of English philology in the Department of English Studies at Jaume I University,[1] which she joined in 1993, she is director of the research group "Applied Linguistics to the Teaching of the English Language" (LAELA).[2] Her main research topics focus on English language acquisition. In her field of research, she published numerous scientific articles in international journals.

During her academic career, she was successively vice-dean of English philology (1999-2001), vice-rector of academic organization (2001-2006) and vice-rector of international cooperation (2006-2010).

In 2015, she was a candidate of the Valencian Socialist Party-PSOE (PSPV-PSOE) for the presidency of the Generalitat Valenciana.[3] She was elected a deputy to the Valencian Parliament in 2015, before resigning in 2017 to devote herself to university.[4]

In 2018, she was appointed rector of Jaume I University, becoming the first woman to hold this position in the history of this university.[5]

Since March 2023, she has been president of the Xarxa Vives d’universitats.[6] Since June 2023, she has also chaired the Conference of Rectors of Spanish Universities.[7]

References
  1. Press, Cadena SER,Agencia Europa (2023-05-23). "La rectora de la Universitat Jaume I de Castelló, Eva Alcón, presidirá la Conferencia de Rectores de las Universidades Españolas (CRUE)". cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "Eva Alcón | LAELA Research Group". gruplaela.uji.es. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  3. Beltran, Adolf (2015-03-18). "Puig ficha para la lista socialista a Eva Alcón, exvicerrectora de la Jaume I". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  4. Press, Europa (2017-04-05). "La diputada socialista en las Corts Eva Alcón renuncia a su acta para dedicarse a la investigación en la universidad". www.europapress.es. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  5. "Eva Alcón es elegida la primera rectora de la UJI con una participación récord". ELMUNDO (in Spanish). 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  6. andres (2023-03-06). "La rectora de la Universitat Jaume I, Eva Alcón, assumeix la presidència de la Xarxa Vives". Xarxa Vives d'Universitats (in Catalan). Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  7. Silió, Elisa (2023-05-23). "Una mujer presidirá la conferencia de rectores por segunda vez en sus casi 30 años". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-27.
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